§ Mr. Cryerasked the right hon. Member for Middlesbrough, as representing the House of Commons Commission, whether he will provide all the costs and charges so far incurred in the present Parliament by each Select Committee on visits outside Westminster, giving a detailed breakdown of the purposes of each visit, dates and itineraries.
§ Mr. Arthur Bottomley[pursuant to his reply, 27 June 1980, c. 319]: Visits outside the Palace of Westminster in the present Parliament by Select Committees with power to adjourn from place to place, showing the places visited and the costs involved, in all instances where the expenditure incurred to date exceeds £100, are set out below. In each case, the visit was made in pursuance of enquiries being conducted by the Committee concerned in accordance with its order of reference.
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Committee Date(s) of Visit Countries or Places Visited Expenditure Incurred to date on the House of Commons (Administration) Vote (see Note) £ Agriculture 14–18 April 1980 Netherlands and northern France, including Paris -3,898 7–8 May 1980 Edinburgh -1,559 Defence 6–8 February 1980 Federal Republic of Germany -2,694 25 February—5 March 1980 USA -2,699 Education, Science and Arts 7 March 1980 Manchester -163 19–21 March 1980 Leeds and York -430 1–2 May 1980 Milton Keynes, Buckingham, Oxford and Potters Bar -152 4–6 May 1980 Brussels and Luxembourg -842 12 May 1980 Sheffield -115 7–13 June 1980 USA (Washington and New York) -5,079* Employment 7–8 May 1980 Thurso -1,004* 21 May 1980 Newcastle upon Tyne -653 4 June 1980 Liverpool -716 Energy 9–16 June 1980 Canada and USA (including Toronto, Washington, Pittsburgh and Chicago) -10,148* Environment NIL European Legislation NIL Foreign Affairs(including Overseas Development Sub-Committee) 28 April - 10 May 1980 Bahrain, Muscat, Bangkok, Amman, Nairobi, Lilongwe -17,004* Home Affairs(Race Relations and Immigration Sub-Committee) 22 May 1980 Bristol -396
Committee Date(s) of Visit Countries or Places Visited Expenditure Incurred to date on the House of Commons (Administration) Vote (see Note)£ Industry and Trade 21–22 May 1980 … Brussels x281* Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration NIL Public Accounts … NIL Scottish Affairs 9 January 1980 … Edinburgh … -186 4 February 1980 … Aberdeen … … … … … … -1,353 3 March 1980 … Glasgow … … … … … … -153 10 March 1980 … Glasgow … … … … … … -842 21 April 1980 … Inverness … … … … … … -1,348 28 April 1980 … Edinburgh … … … … … … -721 16 May 1980 … Greenock … … … … … … -120* 2 June 1980 … Glasgow … … … … … … -427 17–18 June 1980 … Republic of Ireland … … … … … … -931* Social Services 3–4 March 1980 … Manchester and Rochdale … … … … … … -746 Sound Broadcasting … NIL Transport 18 March 1980 … Brussels … … … … … … -818* Treasury and Civil Service NIL … Welsh Affairs 10 March 1980 … Cardiff … … … … … … -472 Note
In some cases (especially recent visits) all accounts connected with the visit may not have been settled (known cases are marked thus*).
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